enculȝe

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Scots

Noun

enculȝe (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) coaxing
    • c. 1390, “St Thecla”, in William Musham Metcalfe, editor, Legends of the saints: in the Scottish dialect of the fourteenth century, published 1896:
      Quhen he saw he sped nathing for his enculȝe or entysing.
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Usage notes

  • The word is only recorded once and the precise meaning is uncertain.

References

  • "† enculȝe, n.". OED Online. March 2013. Oxford University Press. 25 March 2013